Coin-controlling mechanism for automatic photographing-machines.



v e. N. P ll-ER. com commune MECHANISM FOR AUTOMATIC ruoroewume MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED APR- 16! 913- ,Q,]. 5., Patented June 12, 1917.

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Patented June 12, 1917.

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fzz/eniov L QLW fM/ 7(. c1 #WMMZ GEORGE N. PIFER, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO,

STEWART, TRUSTEE, OF CLEVELAND, CHIC.

ASSIGNOR, IBY MEsnn assrenmnivrs, To 1. n.

COIN-CONTROLLING MECHANISM FOR AUTOMATIC PHOTOGRAPHING-MACHINES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE N. Pmsn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Coin-Controlling Mechanism for Automatic Photographing-Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a coin controlling mechanism of an automatic photographing apparatus adapted particularly for use in connection with the photographing apparatus disclosed in my prior application Serial No. 730,198, filed November 8th, 1912, of which the present application is in the nature of a division.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a coin controlling mechanism which acting in conjunction with the coin causes the delivery of a sensitized plate to the camera, and at the same time operates a switch which maybe a lamp and a motor controlling. switch, together with means by which the parts are restored to normal position, and the switch is opened after the picture is finished. A-further object is to provide means by which the coin controlling mechanism is locked against movement or plate is being operated on operation while a in the machine.

The invention may be briefly summarized as consisting in certain novel details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be described in the specification and set forth in the ap-.

pended claims. I In the accompanying. sheet of drawings,

wherein I have shown an embodiment of my invention; which operates very satisfactorily,

Figure'l 1s a vertical sectional view through the apparatus; Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view with parts broken away, the section being taken substantially along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1,. looking downward; Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view substantially along the line 3.3 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow; Fig.

4 is a similar View substantially along the' and 10 are respectively aside and plan view Specification of Letters Patent.

of the. apparatus.

Patented June i2, in r.

Application filed April 16, 1913. Serial No. 761,447.

of a second slide and switch operating member, and Fig. 11 is a diagrammatic view coin controlling parts being here shown, and

for an understanding of the complete apparatus, reference is had'to my prior applicaetion above referred to.

In the drawings, I have'shown a camera which includes a lens holder 10-, and a casing or camera box 11,-the whole being inclosed within a suitable cabinet, only the front glass plate 12 of which is here shown. ranged above the camera box is a magazine 13, adapted to contain a quantity of sensi-' tized plates P, which are usedin the apparatus, these plates being preferably circular and being adapted to be placed in a stack,

one upon the other, in the magazine.

? The mechanism forming the subject matter of the present invention, when operated, causes the delivery of a plate-from the magazine to the focal plane of a camera, .and operates a switch 14, which is used in the control Preferably, thisswitch has a two-fold function of controlling a lamp which supplies the light for the first and second. exposures, the process which I use, being of the second or reexposure type,

as describedin my prior application, and the said switch may also be used in the control of the motor, as hereinafter described.

Referring again to the drawings, it will be seen that there extends forwardly from the magazine,{through an opening" in the glass wall 12, a fixedslide support in'the form of a plate 15, a' detail of which is shown in Fig. 5. This support 15 is secured to a projecting flange at the top of the camera box,

see particularly Fig. 3. It will be observed that the plate 15 has along its side edges undercut slots which receive correspondingly shaped edges of an outer slide member 16,

'the details of which are shown in Figs. 6,

and8.. This slide member 16 has an upstanding outer end 16", which is adapted to v I be engaged by the-operator when he desires to move the same inwardly to cause the coin controlling mechanism to start the operation of the a paratus. This slide member 1s provided a so with a ,central longitudinally extending slot 16 which is adapted to receive a second slide member 17, details of which are shownin Figs. 9 and 10. This slotlti" is intersected between its ends by a circular open ing, or otherwise stated, is provided witha circular enlargement designated 16, adapted to receive a coin 18, which forms the operative connection between the first and second slide members 16 and 17 At one part of 10 the circular enlargement 16 is a shoulder,

' 16, for [a purpose to be referred to presa I i wardly in the mannersabove stated, not'only.

ently.

The support is provided with an elongated slot 15" having between its ends a circular enlargement 15, and a shoulder 15, this slot, enlargement, and shoulder. oorre sponding with the similar slot, enlargement and shoulder of the slide member 16. The

' slide member 17 is composed of two super-f imposed parts 17 and 17", located in the slots 15 and 16*, the upper part 17 having a pair of inwardly projecting fingers 17,

through which extends a switch arm 'to be referred to presently. r

The inner end of the slide member 17 is adapted to engage a third slide member 19 having a circular opening 19 of a. size just sufficient to receive one of the sensitized plates in the magazine 13. Whenkthe slide member 19 is in its normal and outermost position, this opening 19 is directly beneath I the circular magazine 13, so that the'lowermost plate will occupy said opening. 1"

. When the three slide-members above described, with the interposed coin, are moved inwardly, the said, slide member 19 moves in the same direction, the lowermost sensitized disk, and when the said disk is moved beyond a shelf or shoulder 20 at the top of f the camera box, the said plate tips and drops into a chute 21 andis stopped by a shoulder or platform 22 so as to stand edgewise or in vertical position with the sensitized side facing forwardly in the focal plane of the lens, and directlyin the rear of the lens holder. 10. 3 After the exposure has been made, the plate is caused to pass from the locking pawl 24 beingswung down; wardly when the opening 16 comes into registration with the corresponding opening 15 and when the shoulder 16 comes into registration with the shoulder'15.. At this 70 point, the coin 1'8 drops from the circular enlargement 16, of the slide member '16 v through the circular enlargement 15, into a i coin chute 25' which will direct the cointo a suitable receptacle, not shown. o I

' When theslide mechanism is moved inis the plate caused to be moved from the magazine to the camera, and 'is the. switch. closed, but abell crank 26 at the rear of the 2,0 magazine is rockedby the direct engagement of the rearend' of the third slide member 19, with' an upstanding arm of said bell crank. The s'econdarm 'ofthe bell crank is connected by a rod 27 to a lever. 28 located 35 ashort distance )aenea'th'the camera, and pivotally mounted between its ends upon a fixed rod 29. When the lever 28'. is thus rocked by the slide mechanism and by the parts26 and 27, one end of the lever is low- -9 ered to azposition such that it will be in the path of movement of a lug'30, secured to the side of an operating disk 31 mounted on-a a motor driven'shaft'32 j f When the motor is started 1n operation, 95 this shaft 32 is driven, and after the comple tion of the'several photographing and developingoperations, the 1ug30 again lifts.

the lever 28, to the position shown in. Fig.1. This rocks the bell crank 26 to the positionF 'oo "shown in Fig. 1,, and this bell crank b'y mov-' ing the second and third slide members outwar dly opens the switch-14 so. as to stopthe motor, elevates'the locking pawl 2 1, and restores the parts of the slide mechanism to 5 normal position bymoving the same for.

. wardly. The parts are then in position for repetition of the operations above described. By referring to the diagrammatic view of Fig. 11, it will be seen that when the switch 116 1 1 is closed by the'sli'de mechanism, an electric lamp. 33 is energized or lighted. This the camera onto a horizontal support 23 \lamp is used when there is not sufiicient during the developing operation, as is explained in my prior application.

As the middle slide member 17 ismoved inwardly, it'causes the closure of the-snap switch 14, which switch is provided'wi'th an operating arm 14, which extends between the fingers 17, as before stated. As the arm her, and of the lower plate or slide supporter referredto.

. 15-, and. prevents the return of said slide membersuntil afterthe picture is completed,

natural light for the exposing process. The

- motor 34 is not yet started, as I propose to 5 use in addition to the switch 14, a push button 'switch 35, which the operator, will close when he is ready for the exposure to be made." As soon as this push button switch 35 is closed, the motor circuit is completed, 2 as will be 'seenby reference to-Fig. 11, and

as soon as the motor circuit is closed a magnet 36 is energized, which, rocks an armature 37 and short circuits the switch 35. The motor continues to operate, and the lamp continues to burn until the switchl i is opened by the motor operated parts above I have deemed it unnecessary to illustrate 7 the motor, except 1n a diagrammatlc manr tion of predetermined functions.

ner, for a complete illustration of the motor, and to cause the delivery of an article from and allthe driven parts would lntroduce the magazine, and means engaging one of complications not necessary to an" underthe aforesaid parts thereby to return the standing of the present invention, these said part to its initial position and cause parts being shown and "described in my the opening of the switc prior application. 4:. A coin controlled mechanism fora ma- In addition to the locking means above de scribed which prevents the operation of the slide mechanism while one plate is being oparticles, a motor and motor controlling sW1tch,'sa1d mechanlsm comp'rlsing slides erated on by the photographing or finishing adapted to be operatively connected by an parts of the apparatus, l[ have provided also interposed coin and having a portion'which chine having a magazine adapted to contain means for locking the slide mechanism or causes delivery ofi an'hrti'cle from the magthe main parts thereof against movement az'ine, and another portion operatively. con

when the magazine is' empty or when the nected to the said switch, and means for posi-. last sensitized plate previously in the maga tively engaging one of the said slides to re-. zine has been delivered to the camera. :This turn it to initial position and thereby cause locking means consists of a disk 40 which the switch to be opened. 1 I rests upon the uppermost disk of th I stack 1 5. YA coin controlled mechanism fora main the magazine. This disk is of th same chine having a magazine, an bperating-modiameter as the sensitized plates, but is torand motor controlling switch said mechsomewhat thicker than'the latterfso that anism. including parts adapted to be opera-z v when the plate just beneath the disk has I been delivered from the magazine and when when actuated serving. tooperate. the switch the parts of the slide mechanism have been and to cause the delivery of an articlefrom returned to normal position by the bell the magazine, means for locking one of the crank 26 and the parts operativelyconneted said parts when the said parts have-been thereto, the said locking disk 40 drops into operated, and means.forpositivelyengaging member. one of said parts to move the same to initial the circular opening 19 of the slid 19 and thus locks the latter and zhe slide position and also moving the switch'toorigimember which is connected to the; switch nal positionand causing the locking means. against inward movement; This, of course, to release. prevents the switch 14 being operated {and hence preventsthe lamp being energized and the motor being started when the magazine tain articles said mechanism T including a tively connected by an interposed coin and.

' 6. A coin controlled mechanism for a mach ne hav ng a magazine adaptedto consliding part.;which controls'the delivery of articles from the magazine, and a second slidpart and adapted to be operatively. connected chinehavinga magazine adapted to contain thereto by an interposed coin, a support for articles said mechanism including a part the second sliding pa'rtsaid support having which controls the delivery of articles from an opening provided with a shoulder the said magazine said mechanism also including parts adapted to be operatively con: a shoulder'which registers with the first ing part'cooperating with thefirst sliding second mentioned sliding part also having] nected by an interposed coin thereby when mentioned shoulder when the slidesare opactuated to cause the delivery of an article erated, a latch operated by the movement from the magazine, and amember adapted of the slide adapted to engage the said to engage one of the parts of the mechanism shoulders to hold the second slide member to positively move the said members to origin locked position, and means 'for causing inal position after they have been operated. the release of said-locking member.

2. A coin controlled mechanism for a ma- 7 A coin controlled mechanism for a machine having a magazine adapted to contain chine havin a magaz ne, an operatm elec- 7 articles said mechanism including asliding trio motor and a motor controlling wlte'h, T

part adapted to control the delivery of artisaid mechanism including a sliding parti cles from the magazine, and a second slid-' adapted to control the passage of articles ing part adapted to be connected with the from the magazine, and having a portion first sliding partby an interposed coin, and which operatively engages said switch, .a means adapted to positively engage and second sliding part adapted to be connected move one of the sliding parts atthe complewith the first sliding part by an interposed coin, means operatively engaging the sec- V 3. A coin controlled mechanism for a ma- 3 0nd slide to return it to, initial position chine having a magazine, anoperating mo thereby simultaneously opening the switch.

tor and motor controlling switch said mech- 8. A coincontrolled mechanism for a maanism including parts adapted to.be opera-' chine having a magazine from which artitively connected by an interposed coin and cles are adapted to be delivered, comprising, T

when actuated serving to operate the switch a pair of movable members adapted to be rection for preventing movement of one of said members in the'reverse directionuntil the completion of predetermined functlons whereby the insertion of a coin into the member is released.

mechanism is prevented until the locked 9. In a coin controlled mechanism, a slide composed of two relativelymovable members, one having an opening to receive a coin and the other adapted to be operatively connected to the first by the interposed coin, a locking device adapted to lock the first member when said members and the coin are moved in one direction, said locking device being operated by the second member. 10. A coin controlled mechanism for a machine having a magazine from which articles are to be delivered, comprising two members adapted to be connected by an interposed coin and serving when moved inwardly to cause the delivery of an article signature in the from the magazinea locking device for term porarily locking one member against outward movement whereby the insertion of a 'coin into the mechanism is prevented until the locked member is released, and means for unlocking the locked member.

11. A coin controlled mechanismfor a machine having a magazine from which articles are to be delivered, .said mechanism including an outer slide adapted to be manually pushed and to receive a coin and an inner slide adapted to be connected to the first by the coin, a locking device for lock ing the outer slide when it'is moved man-g ually' in one direction to cause an article to be delivered from the magazine, and means for subsequently actuating said locking -device to release said outer member and for a positively moving the inner sllde to normal position. Y J

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE N. PIFER. Witnesses:

A. J. HUDSON, A. R KWIS. 

